Aging: Concept and controversies (Record no. 16417)
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| fixed length control field | 02141cam a2200181 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781452275888 |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | MED HQ1064 |
| Item number | U5M665M665 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Moody, Harry R. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Aging: Concept and controversies |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 8th ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Sage |
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxxiii, 565p. |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Preface -- Prologue -- About the authors -- Basic concepts i. a life course perspective on aging -- Urban legends of aging : "respect for elders was higher in the past" -- Suggested readings -- Urban legends of aging: "religion is good for your health" -- Focus on the future: conscious aging -- Questions for writing, reflection, and debate -- Global perspective : blue zones for longer life -- Focus on the future : "I dated a cyborg!" -- Focus on the future : late-life learning in the information society -- Basic concepts II. Aging, health care, and society -- Urban legends of aging: health care costs are high because we spend most -- Of the money on old people in the last year of life -- Focus on the future : scenarios for rationing : fiction or forecast -- Urban legends of aging : only 4% of older people live in nursing homes -- Focus on practice : long-term-care insurance -- Focus on the future : genetic screening for alzheimer's disease -- Urban legends of aging : older people are more likely to be victims of crime -- Focus on practice : inheritance in an aging society -- Urban legends of aging : advance directives would have prevented the -- Tragic case of terri schiavo -- Urban legends of aging : the gray lobby has a stranglehold on aging -- Policy in the united states -- Focus on practice: intergenerational programs -- Urban legends of aging : social security is going broke : within a few -- Decades,there won't be any money to pay promised benefits -- Focus on practice : investment decisions for retirement income -- Epilogue: finding your place in an aging society -- Appendix. how to research a term paper in gerontology -- Glossary -- Bibliography 491 -- Photo credits 519 -- Index. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Gerontology |
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| Topical Term | Aging |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sasser, Jennifer R. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date entered | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Bar code | Koha item type |
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| Directorate of Library Services | Directorate of Library Services | General Collection | 09/14/2021 | BOOK AID | 45000.00 | MED 1064.U5M665 | 000000114796 | Books |